Kegan Chandler, PhD

Category: Plotinus

Audio Interview: A Discussion on My Book, and on Pagan and Gnostic Influences on Orthodox Theology

Nov 22, 2016

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Kegan A. Chandler

in biblical unitarianism, Church History, Dead Sea Scrolls, Early Christianity, Gnosticism, Interview, Nag Hammadi, Neoplatonism, Plotinus, The Trinity

This week I joined Sean Finnegan again for another interview on the excellent Restitutio podcast. In this interview, Finnegan and I discuss my new book, The God of Jesus in Light of Christian Dogma. You’ll hear about the books’ content and fundamental arguments, and a conversation on how historical pagan and Gnostic thinking influenced the development of orthodox…
Plotinus Among the Gnostics: The Neoplatonic Trinity in the Late Third Century

Oct 25, 2016

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Kegan A. Chandler

in Church History, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism, Plotinus

Most Christians today seem woefully unaware of the important religious interchange which gave rise to their most beloved church doctrines. Hardly noticed are the historians who have challenged the common, whitewashed Church history perpetuated by mainstream evangelicalism, which has ever sought to paint such ecclesiastical standards at the doctrine of the Trinity (or at least…